
The Noise of Time
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Narrated by:
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Daniel Philpott
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By:
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Julian Barnes
In May 1937, a man in his early 30s waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known in the previous decade is no use to him now, and few who are taken to the Big House ever return.
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Sad yet triumphant
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The terrible power of fear,
Resonance with what is starting to happen in America now. Immigrants and Muslims feel it now, and who will be next?
No wasted words in this short book. It is beautifully written and the performance is excellent.
This is creative nonfiction at its best.
The slow destruction of people is so sad.
And I'm in a story for our time
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the magic of Julian Barnes
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The story reverberates long after it ends. Bravo Mr Barnes!
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I loved it!
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overwrought
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Julian Barnes' short novel is enriching in the aesthetics of art and music and edifying in a look at how one of history's greatest composers might have dealt with Stalin's sinister oppression and created exceptional compositions despite living in constant fear that death might be the next knock on the door.
The re-imagining of Shostakovich's life under Stalin reverberates in the ironies of humanity. We esteem courage and justice, but we also want to live. Had Shostakovich spoken out against Stalin's purges and quashing of true art, he would most certainly have been killed immediately, and the world would have been deprived of brilliant works of music. And, would his speaking out have changed anything? Or, should Shostakovich be plagued by his failure in this regard in spite of the haunting reminders he has provided history, well beyond his natural death, of the evils of communism and of Stalin and other "leaders" like him.
"Art is the whisper of history heard above the noise of time," notes the narrator of THE NOISE OF TIME. Anyone familiar with Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 knows that certain "whispers" roar.
These are the ironies Barnes explores in his inspired new work.
Art's Whisper of History
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Exquisitely masterpiece of a novel
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But remember, it's fiction!
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Highly recommended. For anybody enjoying this composer's music, it will shed some light on some obscure slices of life.
For those who don't know him, it still sheds some light about a time period of History hard to believe was actually true for many citizens in the USSR.
Excellent novel shedding light on an amazing life
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